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Christian Dietrich Grabbe
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German playwright (1801–1836)

Also known as: Christian Grabbe, Grabbe, Кристиан Дитрих Граббе, كريستيان ديتريش جرابه, クリスティアン・ディートリヒ・グラッベ, Граббе Кристиан Дитрих

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Known works

  • Verehrung, Kult, Distanz
  • Grabbes Welttheater
  • Werke (1912)
  • Dramatische Dichtungen: Nebst einer Abhandlung U?ber die Shakespearo-manie (1827)
  • Ch. D. Grabbe, M. Beer und E. von Schenk (1889)